Smoke Inhalation: Carbon monoxide and cyanide poisoning

Posted by Jeffrey Guy MD EMT-P FACS at 10/15/2007 7:03 PM
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With the onset of fall and winter, the cold weather will bring an increase in structure fires.  Inhalation of smoke results in more death instructure fires than burns.   In the US, a new drug that has been available in Europe for a decade to treat cyanide poisoning.  These issues are taught in this podcast. 


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  • 11/18/2007 10:38 PM Alvaro Van Bommel wrote:
    How do a different a patient who is poisoned only by cyanide, rather than that one who is poisoned by carbon monoxide and cyanide in the prehospital setting, so we can use vitamin B12 with out any problem?
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